The virtual reality film Collisions shows how contemporary witness Nyarri Morgan experienced the effects of British atomic tests on populated land in Australia. The Chemical Valley Project tells the story of the two sisters Vanessa and Lindsay Gray’s resistance against the colonially driven oil industry in Sarnia, Canada. Based on the two productions, those involved discuss the colonial taking possession of bodies and land, the consequences of this for current legislation and policy, and the possibility to counter these through art by working together with those affected and activists.  

With Curtis Taylor, narrator Collisions
Kevin Matthew Wong, author and performer The Chemical Valley Project  

Chaired by Rachel O’Reilly, lecturer at the Dutch Art Institute, author and independent curator  

Großes Haus Louis-Spohr-Saal
TUE 12.06. 6pm
In English language
Duration 1h30